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Social Statistics for Williamsburg County, South Carolina

Williamsburg county south carolina dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

10,681

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

808

7.6

Kindergarten

559

5.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

5,224

48.9

High school (grades 9-12)

2,801

26.2

College or graduate school

1,289

12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

23,189

100.0

Less than 9th grade

2,743

11.8

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

5,246

22.6

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

8,148

35.1

Some college, no degree

3,303

14.2

Associate degree

1,076

4.6

Bachelor's degree

1,856

8.0

Graduate or professional degree

817

3.5

Percent high school graduate or higher

65.5

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

11.5

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

28,483

100.0

Never married

8,357

29.3

Now married, except separated

13,942

48.9

Separated

1,493

5.2

Widowed

2,812

9.9

Female

2,392

8.4

Divorced

1,879

6.6

Female

1,149

4.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

1,549

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

786

50.7

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

26,512

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,436

9.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

9,713

100.0

With a disability

1,161

12.0

Population 21 to 64 years

19,916

100.0

With a disability

6,668

33.5

Percent employed

49.1

(X)

No disability

13,248

66.5

Percent employed

66.3

(X)

Population 65 years and over

4,741

100.0

With a disability

2,241

47.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

34,689

100.0

Same house in 1995

25,975

74.9

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

8,506

24.5

Same county

4,985

14.4

Different county

3,521

10.2

Same state

2,244

6.5

Different state

1,277

3.7

Elsewhere in 1995

208

0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

37,217

100.0

Native

37,045

99.5

Born in United States

36,888

99.1

State of residence

33,164

89.1

Different state

3,724

10.0

Born outside United States

157

0.4

Foreign born

172

0.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

55

0.1

Naturalized citizen

101

0.3

Not a citizen

71

0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

172

100.0

Europe

28

16.3

Asia

48

27.9

Africa

10

5.8

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

86

50.0

Northern America

0

0.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

34,689

100.0

English only

33,802

97.4

Language other than English

887

2.6

Speak English less than 'very well

349

1.0

Spanish

431

1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

162

0.5

Other Indo-European languages

364

1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

162

0.5

Asian and Pacific Island languages

83

0.2

Speak English less than "very well"

25

0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

37,217

100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,964

80.5

Arab

2

0.0

Czech1

7

0.0

Danish

37

0.1

Dutch

35

0.1

English

887

2.4

French (except Basque)1

195

0.5

French Canadian1

7

0.0

German

523

1.4

Greek

12

0.0

Hungarian

5

0.0

Irish1

563

1.5

Italian

56

0.2

Lithuanian

11

0.0

Norwegian

38

0.1

Polish

56

0.2

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

10

0.0

Scotch-Irish

1,034

2.8

Scottish

195

0.5

Slovak

0

0.0

Subsaharan African

623

1.7

Swedish

1

0.0

Swiss

15

0.0

Ukrainian

10

0.0

United States or American

4,182

11.2

Welsh

16

0.0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

52

0.1

Other ancestries

21,392

57.5

(X) Not applicable.1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.